Pusher's Delight

Happy Wednesday Friends. Happy Black History Month.

a hugeeee thank you to everyone who came out and shared space with us for our first event of the year, love letters. wow, what a beautiful time shared. it never ceases to amaze me just how incredible the ecosystem around this bookstore is, and i couldn’t have asked for a better way to honor bell hooks and start Black history month! thank you thank you thank you!

what’s on our calendar? 👀

open mic night is back! hosted by some of our favorite poets and thinkers, Casha Gloria/The Glory Poet and Luna, of biophiliabyluna, for a vibey spoken word situation! calling all poets and poetry lovers alike to pull up and kick it in community.

join us for a special Black history month potluck with our friends over at ivanhoe neighborhood council (@ivanhoekcmo) + black women making friends kc (@bwmfkc), as we honor our elders through storytelling.

p.s. we are also looking to add 2-3 more elders who would interested in sharing their experience and stories about black life in kansas city. feel free to email us if you are interested!

for colored girls will be an intimate celebration of sisterhood, womanhood, our sexuality + bodily autonomy. Whether you identify as femme or masc. presenting for colored girls is for us all. shange’s work and legacy has always been about celebrating the everyday lives of black and brown women while calling us to find joy in ourselves. this event will consist of community readings of ntozake shange, storytelling and communion.

lite bites + drinks included with ticket.

looking for some bookish recommendations?

Community Board

Looking for somewhere to watch the chiefs this sunday? Check out Spirit Life, they’re hosting their annual superbowl watch party. (FREE admission; donation based so considering bringing a couple dollars to support a Black Woman-owned business).

also, my partner and i got a chance to check out a new Brown-woman owned facial studio, EvalinEsthetics, over the weekend. so if you’re looking for a new place in midtown to get serviced check her out!